A criticism of a communication by Dr. Hare, entitled: “Remarks respecting Mr. Vanuxem's memoir on a product erroneously identified with the fused carbon described by Mr. Silliman”, dated Jan. 8, 1824, and signed jointly with the second member of the Academy's Committee, Isaac Hays. Approval was given only if the author would eliminate or change those passages “which are calculated to prove personnaly offensive to Prof. Vanuxem”.